"Mother." Mo Jingan tugged his lips and said with a guilty conscience: "I have never deceived my mother, let alone my father. I am in charge of merchants, but I have never misappropriated a penny of money. , these fathers all know, otherwise the father would not safely hand over the merchants to the control of his sons..."
Empress Li raised her phoenix eyes slightly, raised her lips and chuckled. She was too lazy to listen to his condescension. She gave birth to her own child, and she knew whether a fart was fragrant or smelly. With the second child's temperament, she was greedy and swallowed the elephant. How could I not get any oil or water?
She waved her hand lazily: "Okay, you can go out. I can't help you with the suppression of bandits. Your father is currently worrying about the epidemic. I can't let him get upset over this trivial matter."
Mo Jingan heard the polite refusal in his mother's words and knew that he had to go to suppress the bandits this time. He gave up completely and bowed his hand to the queen: "My son, please retire."
As soon as Mo Jingan left, Queen Li slowly stood up from the couch, took a sip of herbal tea, and sighed again.
Seeing this, Zhou Dehai stepped forward and asked: "Your Majesty, the Second Prince's trip to suppress the bandits is indeed a disaster. Is your Majesty really not going to plead with the Emperor?"
Empress Li snorted and threw the tea cup on the table, "The second brother is always causing trouble. How can I control so much?"
It's not that she doesn't care, it's just that she really can't.
The emperor has not come to Kunning Palace recently. He has been far away from her since the Qianqiu Banquet. However, this is understandable. The epidemic broke out recently. The emperor may be worried about being infected with the epidemic, so he does not come to the harem often. It is also because of the epidemic that the emperor It's been a long time since I've looked at the concubines' sign in the harem, and I've been staying in the Yangxin Hall every night.
On the other hand, Concubine Zhuang Xian, that bitch, seduced the emperor to visit her several times because she was carrying a dragon seed in her belly.
"Bitch!"
Zhou Dehai was shocked and wondered why the Queen was suddenly angry.
Queen Li asked coldly: "How is that bitch Concubine Zhuang Xian doing lately?"
Zhou Dehai immediately replied: "Back to the Empress, Concubine Zhuang Xian is fine. After all, she has a low life. Many concubines have been infected with the epidemic, but she is still fine with the child in her belly."
Empress Li snorted coldly, with a sneer on her lips: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter even if she gives birth to a dragon. A baby is nothing to be afraid of. No one can stop me from becoming the empress dowager."
If anyone blocks her path to becoming the empress dowager, kill her!
"Now I can't count on the second son. Forget it, he is useless anyway. Fortunately, I still have the prince to count on."
Among the three sons, the prince was the most popular with her.
The second and third sons are useless, and the only one she can rely on in the future is the prince.
However......
At this time in the East Palace, Mo Lingxiao was worrying about another thing.
"You said that the emperor wants to thoroughly investigate what happened back then?"
The subordinate nodded: "Yes, Your Highness, it is said that it was because the fourth princess solved the epidemic for the emperor, so the emperor agreed to her to re-investigate the rebellion of the fourth prince."
Hearing this, Mo Lingxiao frowned deeply, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.
"It's Chu Yingluo again..."
It had been so long, but she still had a way to get the emperor to re-investigate what happened back then.
He ordered: "Zhang Li, this matter must be handled cleanly, and the emperor must not be able to find any clues. Moreover, if you keep an eye on this matter quietly, it is best not to let Huo Dao know about it."
Hearing this, Zhang Li raised his head and said in surprise: "Your Highness, do you think Huo Dao..."
Mo Lingxiao shook his head: "I'm not doubting it, but after all, Huo Dao only came to seek refuge with me three years ago. It's better to leave some things to you. The less people know about what happened back then, the better."
Zhang Li was delighted when he heard this and said, "Thank you for your trust, Your Highness."
Mo Lingxiao waved his hand: "Get out."
"It's Your Highness."
Not long after Zhang Li left, Huo Dao came: "Your Highness."
Mo Lingxiao turned his head and looked over, and asked, "Is there anything happening in the Fourth Prince's Mansion recently?"
Zhang Li and Huo Dao are both his confidants, but Zhang Li has been with him for many years. Although Huo Dao is highly skilled in martial arts and ruthless in doing things, and has never failed in anything assigned to him, Huo Dao was, after all, three years ago. He just defected to him, but he didn't dare to leave Huo Dao to do many things.
Huo Dao replied: "Back to Your Highness, the Fourth Prince's Palace has been quiet recently, but there has been some movement among the eldest son of the Taifu family."
"Oh?" Mo Lingxiao raised his eyebrows and asked, "Tell me about it."
Huo Dao stepped forward and told Mo Lingxiao what he had seen recently.
It turned out to be Su Mingxuan, the prince's brother, who had recently offended someone he shouldn't have.
After hearing this, Mo Lingxiao narrowed his eyes slightly: "He is so brave, he dares to touch the third child's woman."
Huo Dao said: "Your Highness, do you want to remind the third prince?"
Mo Lingxiao's eyes darkened slightly: "No, he will take care of the third child himself, there is no need for us to bother him."
Although the affairs of the Taifu's family had nothing to do with him, they were the Crown Princess's natal family after all, and it was hard for him to take sides.
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